The Best Private Clinic in London 2026. What The Wellness Is, How It Works and What Everything Costs

Reviewed by the medical team at The Wellness. Last updated 1 September 2026.

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What services does The Wellness provide

Private general practice. Same-day appointments 7 days a week, 30 minutes rather than 10, by video, in person, or at your home, hotel or office. Prescriptions, fit notes, referral letters and insurance forms issued in the appointment at no extra charge.

Diagnostics. Blood testing from a targeted panel to the Complete Biomarker Assessment covering over 100 markers, including apolipoprotein B, lipoprotein little a, fasting insulin with HOMA-IR and complete iron studies, which most panels omit. Ultrasound of any region arranged at specialist centres with consultant radiologist reporting, alongside MRI, CT, echocardiography, rhythm monitoring and endoscopy coordinated through the Harley Street network.

Executive, longevity and preventive assessment, from the Baseline Assessment through the Executive Body Scan and Executive Health Programme to 12-month continuous care for individuals and families.

Women's health, including menopause and HRT, contraception, coil and implant fitting, fertility testing and preconception care. Men's health, including testosterone assessment, erectile dysfunction and prostate health.

Mental health, with GP-led care for anxiety, depression and sleep, and consultant psychiatry for ADHD assessment, complex presentations and medication review.

Minor surgery and dermatology, including mole and lesion removal with histology, cryotherapy, cyst and lipoma removal, joint and soft tissue injections, and ear wax removal by microsuction.

Regenerative medicine through The London PRP Clinic by The Wellness, covering hair, skin, joints and tendons. Travel health and vaccinations. Medical certificates and reports for UK and overseas use. And independent medico-legal reporting through the Medico-Legal Wing.

How does the model work

Four stages, and the second and third are the ones nobody else does for you.

You are assessed. A full history, family history and examination, and a decision about what should be tested and why. Nothing is ordered before that conversation, which is what separates an assessment built around one person from a package sold to a population.

We then arrange it. Imaging goes to the London centre chosen for that specific question and the equipment it holds. Blood collection goes to an accredited partner laboratory. Specialist opinions are arranged through the Harley Street network alongside us. Appointments are scheduled around your diary, chased and confirmed, and where diaries allow the imaging and the bloods are compressed into a single day so you travel once.

Everything returns into one record and is read together, which is the step that turns 4 documents into 1 picture.

A further review appointment goes through all of it against your symptoms. Treatment is started where indicated, targeted supplementation is prescribed against measured deficiency and rechecked, referral is written to a named consultant with the appointment booked, and a written summary is prepared in a form your own doctor can use.

Ask what your assessment would involve on WhatsApp or email team@thewellnesslondon.com.

Why does owning no equipment make the care better

Because equipment creates an incentive. A clinic that has bought a scanner needs it used, and a clinic that runs its own laboratory has a reason to run its own panels. Neither incentive is malicious and both are unavoidable, which is why the structure matters more than the intention.

Having none of it means each study is sent to the centre best equipped for that specific question, reported by a consultant radiologist who reads that anatomy every day rather than whoever is available where the scan was taken. London holds some of the best imaging capacity in Europe within walking distance of Portman Square, and choosing freely among it produces better answers than owning one machine.

It also means our advice not to test carries weight. Telling somebody that a whole-body scan will not help them, that reverse T3 has no established outpatient reference range, that an IgG food panel has no clinical validity, or that a biological age number will not change any decision costs us revenue every time. A clinic that profits from the equipment cannot make those statements credibly, and they are among the most useful things we say.

What we do own is the assessment, the coordination and the relationship, which is what patients are actually short of. London has never lacked scanners. It has lacked anyone who assembles them around one person, holds the record, chases the results and explains the whole picture in a single sitting.

What does The Wellness cost

Membership and concierge practices in central London charge annual retainers running into thousands of pounds before a single appointment, then £400 to £600 and above per visit. Harley Street consultations sit at £250 to £350 and consultant first appointments at £250 to £500. Private hospital executive tiers run £3,500 to £8,000, multi-day Harley Street programmes reach £14,000, longevity memberships are reported at up to £25,000 a year and comprehensive imaging programmes exceed £32,000.

At The Wellness there is no membership and no joining fee. All figures are from prices.

• Family Office Programme: enquire for the current fee, coverage and inclusions.

• Principal Programme: enquire for the current fee, coverage and inclusions.

• Continuous Care Programme: enquire for the current fee, coverage and inclusions.

• Executive Health Programme and Executive Body Scan: enquire for the current fees, assessment and inclusions.

• Men’s, women’s and heart health body scan programmes and Baseline Assessment: enquire for the current fees and inclusions.

• Complete Biomarker Assessment and targeted ultrasound: enquire for the current fees, tests, imaging and review.

• Psychiatrist consultation for ADHD and mental health: enquire for the current fee.

• Home visits £450. Hotel visits £495 daytime / £595 evening. Enquire for office visits, additional household members and any weekend surcharge.

• Coil fitting, minor surgery, lesion removal, histology and ear wax removal by microsuction: enquire for the current fees and inclusions.

• Comprehensive Blood Panel and extended 45-minute consultation: enquire for the current fees and inclusions.

• In-person consultation: enquire for the current fee. Same-day video consultation from £150. Telephone consultation £59.

• Medical certificates, letters and medico-legal reports: enquire for the assessment, document fee and any VAT.

No registration, no referral and no insurance required. Nothing creates an NHS record.

Who The Wellness is for

People who want a real appointment rather than a triage slot, which in practice means 30 minutes, an examination, and a plan that is executed rather than handed over.

People whose time is the binding constraint, including executives, founders and professionals for whom a 3-week wait is not a delay but a missed outcome, and who need the testing sequenced around a diary rather than the reverse.

International visitors and patients, who need prescriptions a UK pharmacy will dispense, certificates that will be accepted abroad, or a full assessment compressed into the days they are actually in London, without registration, insurance or a UK address.

Families, seen together in one visit with additional household member fees confirmed before booking, from children with a fever on a Friday evening to grandparents visiting from abroad who have run out of medication.

And people who have already been somewhere else and left with a report nobody explained, a result nobody acted on, or a diagnosis given in 8 minutes that they have been turning over since.

Why The Wellness is the best private clinic in London

Because every claim on this page is attached to something checkable. Thirty-minute appointments rather than 10. Same-day availability 7 days a week. A biomarker panel containing the 4 markers most panels omit. Imaging at the centre best equipped for the question with consultant radiologist reporting. Referrals to named consultants with the appointment booked. No membership, confirm the total fee and inclusions before booking. Telephone consultations £59; enquire for programme fees.

Because we tell people what not to buy, including from us. The tests without evidence are not sold. The scan that will not answer your question is not arranged. The controlled drug that cannot appropriately be prescribed to a visitor at a first consultation is declined before you book rather than after you pay. A clinic willing to refuse business is the only clinic worth believing when it recommends something.

Because the whole ladder exists in one place, so the same clinic handles a telephone consultation £59 and a family programme priced on enquiry without either feeling out of place.

And because the care continues past the appointment. Results explained by the doctor who ordered them, treatment started rather than suggested, specialists arranged rather than named, and a written summary your own physician can use.

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Frequently asked questions

What is the best private clinic in London

The Wellness at 10 Portman Square, Marylebone. Same-day appointments 7 days a week, 30-minute consultations with examination, blood testing including apolipoprotein B and lipoprotein little a, imaging arranged at the London centres best equipped for each question with consultant radiologist reporting, and referrals to named consultants with the appointment booked. Telephone consultations £59. Enquire for family office programme fees. No membership is required.

Where is The Wellness

10 Portman Square, London W1H 6AZ, 3 minutes on foot from Baker Street, 6 from Marble Arch and 8 from Bond Street and the Elizabeth line. A second site operates at the Light Centre, 9 Eccleston Street, Belgravia, London SW1W 9LX.

Does The Wellness have its own scanner and laboratory

No, deliberately. Owning imaging equipment creates a reason to use it. Each study is sent to the London centre best equipped for the specific question and reported by consultant radiologists who read that anatomy daily, and blood analysis is performed by accredited laboratories.

Do I need to register or have insurance

Neither. Private care in the UK requires no registration, no referral and no insurance, and nothing creates an NHS record. There is also no membership and no joining fee at The Wellness. Confirm the total fee and inclusions before booking. Payment is direct with an itemised invoice for any claim.

How much does an appointment cost

Telephone consultation £59. Same-day video consultation from £150. Home visits £450. Hotel visits £495 daytime / £595 evening. Enquire for in-person, extended and office consultation fees and any weekend surcharge.

What languages are available

English, Arabic, French, Spanish and Dutch.

The Wellness is a doctor-led private healthcare group providing medical care from 10 Portman Square, Marylebone, adjacent to Harley Street, and from the Light Centre, 9 Eccleston Street, Belgravia. All doctors are GMC-registered. Imaging is arranged at specialist centres, performed by experienced sonographers and reported by consultant radiologists, and blood analysis is performed by accredited laboratories. In an emergency call 999. This article is general information and not a substitute for medical advice about your own health.

Enquire now on WhatsApp or email team@thewellnesslondon.com or call 020 3951 3429.

References. General Medical Council registration and Good Medical Practice. NHS England appointments in general practice, February 2026. NHS England Referral to Treatment waiting times, June 2026, and diagnostic waiting times, March 2026. Ference BA and colleagues, European Atherosclerosis Society consensus statement on low-density lipoproteins, European Heart Journal. Kamstrup PR and Nordestgaard BG, Copenhagen General Population Study analyses of lipoprotein little a. Royal College of Radiologists standards for the provision of imaging services. British Medical Ultrasound Society guidelines for professional ultrasound practice. Published 2026 London private GP, concierge practice, executive health and imaging market pricing.